Father's Day

Father's Day this year also fell on Teri's birthday, so we had a combined celebration. We went out to Macaroni Grill for lunch and then back to Al and Teri's house to hang out and open presents. It was a wonderful day spent with family!

First Solid Food - Pears

We fed Edith her first solid food last night - pears. She hated them. She kept looking at us like "What the heck is this stuff??" We will continue trying this week, and move on to something she hopefully likes better next week!

And this face pretty much sums up her opinion on pears!

6 months

Well, Edith Renee, you are now half a year old! I am still trying to figure out how this happened.

Today you had your six month check up!

• You weigh 15.2 lbs - 34th percentile
• You are 26 in - 58th percentile
  
• Your head measures 16.7 in - 47th percentile

Your check up went really well. The doctor says you are developing wonderfully and doing all the things you should! The nurse had a heck of a time trying to get you to swallow the oral vaccine, and your shots were horrible. But the rest of the day went great and your shots didn't seem to bother you at all. I am so thankful for this, and I am hoping this continues on for the rest of your checkups.

Your current habits are:

You are a fabulous sleeper! You go to bed generally around 9:30 and wake up anywhere between 8 and 8:30. Most days you wake up before me and just hang out in your crib until I come in to feed you! We started dropping your evening nap this month, so you only get 3 naps per day, and they generally add up to 4 hours. You love sleeping on your back at night swaddled in your SleepSack. You still will only nap on your tummy during the day. You still nurse yourself to sleep at night, and for now I'm okay with it. You also love your Sleep Sheep set on the ocean waves sound to fall asleep to.

You are exclusively breastfed and we are still on our awesome schedule! You are eating 5 times per day and you generally eat around 4-6 ounces each time. We had to stop feeding you oatmeal because it was messing with your tummy. We are super excited to start feeding you solid foods this month!!

You are wearing 3-6 month clothes, and 0-3 month pants, with a few 0-3 month onesies thrown in. We switched you to size 2 diapers this month.

This past month you:

• started rolling both ways!! You now must be supervised at all times.
  
• started laughing! Hilarious.
  
• are sitting up on your own. You have such amazing balance.
  
• absolutely love bathtime! You and daddy have a grand time playing and splashing. We even got you some new bath toys and you love them.
  
• are still loving your jumperoo. You play in it at least once a day. Although you are starting to get tired of being stationary.
  
• got your first tooth! I know there will be another one soon.
• had your first evening without mommy! Daddy had to give you a bottle and put you in bed. He says you fought it at first, but calmed down and went right to sleep.
  

And now we start the downhill slide into your one year birthday! We love you and are so excited to see how much you learn and grow in the coming months!

First Tooth!!

It's official! Edith has her very first tooth!! I was so surprised to find it. She hasn't been exhibiting any of the real signs of teething besides the drool EVERYWHERE. She had just finished nursing and was talking when I noticed the white spot. Sure enough, it was a tooth!! I called Brian in and we were both so happy :) She's growing up so fast!

Not a very good picture, and yes, she is crying ... But there it is!!

Tummy Time

Edith now loves tummy time because she has learned how to roll both ways!! I was quite surprised when I left her playing happily on the floor on her back and came back to her still talking and playing happily on her tummy!! She first rolled from back to front on June 6th, and is getting better everyday.

Sitting Up!

Well, it's official ... Edith can now sit up on her own!!

Taken a few days ago, still needing someone there just in case.

Taken this morning, all on her own now!